Toothless P.O.V
Ok, the ride to the hospital was just horrible. They almost didn't even let Hiccup come with me.
The paramedics constantly asking me questions of how I got the injury, why did I to that, how was the thief, if I had any family for them to talk, bla bla bla… I just pretend to be a little dizzy because of my ankle and the lost of blood, letting Hiccup to answer them for me.
I spend the rest of the time thinking what was happening in the last days. How was that even happening? It couldn't be real… But if it was, why us? Hiccup, I can understand, he is a prodigy. But me? I don't have anything special. Plus, why are we the only ones who can see them? And what was that with Sebastian? And the box?
Ugh… I am getting and headache I thought.
Wait, the box! They are going to find the box and ask about it!
I worriedly glanced at Hiccup and he pretended to not see me and squeezed my hand harder.
"Are we there yet?" He asked.
"We're close." The driver said.
The hospital room remembered me exactly one of the movies. I'm not kidding, we even got a private one.
The paramedics didn't do a lot of things that Hiccup hadn't. They cleaned, put a new bandages and gave me some meds. Blergh.
When we were left alone, I stood silence for a second, making sure that no one was hearing us.
"Hiccup , you okay?" I asked first. The box could wait.
"You are the one with the, probably, broken ankle, and you are asking me if I'm fine?" Hiccup said mockingly.
"That's a yes." A pause "Hiccup what are we going to do?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean the… creatures or monsters, whatever. And the box? They are going to find it."
"First, I don't know. Secondly…" he took glanced around us and smiled at me proudly and with a hint of mischief. That's new, I thought. He then took off something from his inside pocket of the jacket.
It was a old piece of paper. Well, at least it looked old with his yellowish tone and ripped edges.
"Where did you got that?" I asked, reaching for it.
"The paper? It was inside the box. When we were hiding –"
"Covering you from danger and how did you oppened the box?" I asked confused. I tried to open it and I couln't even make a creak.
"Or that. Anyway, I thought if it was just a simple box, it would have been already opened, from being throw under the bed or have some sort of hole to a key. If it needed a key, than Sebastian had to give us one, after all why give a box that needs a key without it? None" Oh my god, he is going full Sherlock on this "So it must had another way to open" Oh boy "So, when everyone wasn't looking I started to twisted it with my hands" You are so smart, but you don't realize the second meaning of this sentence?"And when I finally heard a click sound, I rapidly took what was inside it and hid it in my pocket, leaving the box behind." He finished and looked at me with proud.
"That's amazing" I said perplexed "But what is it?"
"I-I wanted to discovered it with you" He blushed, embarrassed.
"You are adorable" I moved to the side, giving Hiccup space for him to lay down by my side in the bed. In a totally friendly and brotherly way, this is usual for us to share a bed "So, lets see what this baby has to show us."
He unrolled the paper or us to see… nothing. The paper was completely blank.
"What?" Hiccup said, not wanting to believe.
"All that for nothing?! For God sakes!" I slammed my hand to the head, groaning.
"No, it can be. Why would someone give us a blank paper?"
"You're the genius, you tell me."
While Hiccup mumbled thousands of theories by second, we didn't realize the new person in the room.
"Hm, excuse me?" A small voice said.
We both looked at the source to see a kid with unkempt brown hair and brown eyes, he had a youthful and round face and was wearing winter clothes, completed with a purple backpack.
"Yes?" Hiccup said politely and gently, at the same time I looked confused as hell of why was a little kid, alone, in the hospital and talking to complete strangers.
"Are you Hiccup Haddock and Noah Fury?" The kid said with big curious and hopeful eyes.
"Hm… Yes?" I answered "Are you lost, kid?" I asked worriedly at him.
"No, I'm pretty sure I'm in the right place, just" he glanced around "in a unwanted and maybe not the best place. And my name is not kid, it's Jamie."
"Ok, Jamie" Hiccup walked to Jamie "Is there something you need from us?"
"Yes, I need. You can finally help me to save them." He said excitedly.
Me and Hiccup glanced at each other than back at Jamie "What?"
"To save them. The Guardians? I have waited years for you guys to come" He said with the same amount of excitement and sat by my side "You guys even already got the map! Was it Sebastian? She told me that he gave to you guys but I'm still unsure if I -"
"Hold on, hold on" I interrupted him and stood silent for a moment thinking what I was going to say "What are you talking about? Who are the Guardians? And who is she?"
"Even better, why aren't there any children outside?" Hiccup added.
"And that."
"Ok… The guardians are the protectors of the children and the bringers of memories, hope, wonder, fun and dreams" Jamie watched us, expecting a reaction "Really, you guys don't remember then? Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, Sandman?" No reaction, just a couple of glances "Seriously?! Come on you guys need to remember the Easter Bunny and Jack Frost!"
"We do remember them." Hiccup reassured.
"Really?" Jamie said hopefully.
"Yes, but hm… kid-" I started to said.
"Jamie."
"Jamie, hate to break it up to you but we don't believe in then anymore. To be honest, we kind of… " I glanced at Hiccup, begging to help me.
"We just don't really are into them anymore." Hiccup said.
Silence. Jamie was totally speechless and petrified.
"You guys have to believe in them! I mean don't you guys remember how were they? Your past life?" Jamie pleaded.
"Past life?" Hiccup asked, confused.
"You guys don't know?" Jamie glanced at us worriedly "You don't remember Pitch and what happened?"
"Hm… no?" We both said. I'm really starting to question the sanity of this kid. Maybe that was the reason he was in the hospital, maybe he was crazy.
Jamie groaned and took something of his pack. It was book covered with brown leather. He waved Hiccup to join us, making Jamie in the middle of us. Opening the book in a page were a dark figure stood up, with multiple of fearful creatures beside him.
"Pitch Black is the Nightmare King and, technically,the Boogeyman…You guys do know him, right?" "Yes" "Good. In the time of The Dark Ages, Pitch was feared, powerful and, the most important, believed in. He lived spreading his nightmares to peoples of all ages, making him more and more powerful. Then Man in the Moon, simply called MiM or Manny, seeing Pitch plans and tirany, he choose a group of persons to stop Pitch era of fear, the Guardians. The Guardians made Pitch weaker and weaker, turning him into only a bad dream" Jamie turned the page, showing more characters, standing out a Viking small teen accompanied with a tall and dark, humanoid dragon-ish creature "In later times, the Guardians had made multiple friendships, like, best knowingly, Mrs. Claus and Moon Rabbit, MiM and Father Time apprentice, and, most importantly, Hiccup Haddock Horrendus the III, the dragon trainer" Hiccup looked up "and Toothless, the Night Fury and Hiccup companion and dragon" I glanced at Hiccup "But, unfortunately, so did Pitch" He turned the page again, this time showing darker characters than before "He made alliance with Alvin the Treachurous, Hiccup archenemy, Drago, self-proclaimed "Dragon God", Dargur the Deranged, a violent and blood-thirsty vicking, and ,lastly, Hallow Eve, the Spirit of Halloween and powerful witch and enchantress, being able to turn, be turned and control any kind of mythical and dark being"A following page was turned, showing a war between all of the characters "Pitch and his new partners attacked the Guardians and the others, enslaving them or trapping them. Only two lovable friends of the Guardians were saved" Jamie looked up and glanced at us "Hiccup and Toothless, were saved by the Easter Bunny and Jack Frost, with the help of Moon Rabbit, sending them to another dimension and restarting their life. But Pitch knew that the battle wasn't over and had doubts about the loyalty of one of his ally, so he waited and waited for them to reappear, promising himself to end what he started." Jamie ended, leaving Hiccup and me glancing at each other.
Was that kid saying that we were supposed to fight the Boogeyman?
"Hm… That's a interesting story" Hiccup said, confused at what to say.
"It's not a story, it's real" Jamie reassured.
"Ok, kid. Let's say that it is real. What are we supposed to do about that? How are we supposed to free the Guardians " I asked, trying to understand.
"Fighting them."
"We are supposed to save the Guardians by fighting them?" Hiccup said.
"Yes, well not exactly. Just fighting the nightmares that are inside them, until it runs away." This kid has a hell lot of imagination or too many free time, I thought.
"Ok… Time to go home, kid" I said, clapping my hands "Hiccup, will lead you home, while I wait for the paramedics and, hopefully after, going home."
"It's real, I believe it!" Jamie screamed, standing up in the bed.
"Jamie…" Hiccup said with kindness, reaching his hand to Jamie "Just because you believe, it doesn't mean it's true."
"Yes it does!" Jamie screaming at reached to the point of gaining attention and I could see a nurse passing by, then hurriedly running to the opposite way that she was following "Please, you guys need to believe in me!"
I stood up and grabbed Jamie by the waist, lifting him up "Ok, calm down."
"No! It is real and you guys are the only one who can save them and help to defeat Pitch!"
"Is something wrong?" One of the paramedics from before entered the room "Jamie? What are you doing here?"
"You know him?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes, he is the President' nephew" Oh boy. I put Jamie to the ground.
"Hm… Is my ankle ok?" I asked, hopping to drop the current subject.
"Oh yes. You just need to take those pills in time to time and if you feel pain." He handed me a sheet of paper "Make sure you don't but a lot of effort to it. If you follow those simple steps, you should be good in a week."
"Thank you" I looked to him and saw a flash of black in his eyes. Not again.
"So, we can go?" I asked hopefully.
"Of course. Now Jamie, we cal-" The paramedic started.
"I'm not going" Jamie said with a strong tone. This kid had courage.
"Jamie-"
"We will take him home" Hiccup said interrupting the paramedic.
"Are you sure?" The paramedic looked at Hiccup and glared dangerously at him.
"Yes, we are. Besides we were having a lovely conversion that I would like to continue" I said as I grabbed both Jamie and Hiccup' hands, passing pass the paramedic "Goodnight" And left the hospital.